Tajima Province
Tajima Province (但馬国, Tajima no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Hyōgo Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Tanshū (但州).
The province had borders with Harima, Inaba, Tamba, and Tango provinces.
The ancient provincial capital city was near Hidaka.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Tajima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Izushi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tajima.[3]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tajima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 930.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Tajima Province at Wikimedia Commons
